Bed having environmental sensing and control features

Abstract

A sensor system senses a plurality of environmental phenomena and send a data message with sensed parameters. The computer system determines an indication that the sensed parameter indicated low-quality sleep and sends an instruction to adjust the environment. A control system adjusts the environment without particular input from a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a sensor-system configured to:
 sense a plurality of environmental phenomena while a user of a bed is sleeping in a sleep session and; 
 send, to a computer system, at least one data message with a sensed parameter from the sensing of the environmental phenomena; 
   the computer system configured to:
 receive the data messages; 
 determine, from the sensed parameters, an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment; and 
 responsive to determining an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment, send, to a controller system, an instruction to adjust the environment; and 
   the controller system configured to:
 receive the instruction to adjust the environment; and 
 responsive to receiving the instruction to adjust the environment, adjusting the environment while the user is sleeping in the sleep session without particular input from the user at the time of the adjustment to the environment. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein to determine, from the sensed parameters, an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment, the computer system is further configured to:
 determine, for each sensed parameter, a target parameter;   determine, for each sensed parameter, a distance-from-target value; and   combine the distance-from-target values to generate an environmental quality score.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein to combine the distance-from-target values to generate an environmental quality score, the computer system is further configured to:
 create weighed-distances by weighing each distance-from-target value by a weight-value that represents an influence of the corresponding sensed parameter on sleep quality.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein to combine the distance-from-target values to generate an environmental quality score, the computer system is further configured to:
 add together the distance-from-target values.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein to combine the distance-from-target values to generate an environmental quality score, the computer system is further configured to:
 subtract, from a maximum value, a summation of the distance-from-target values.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein to determine, from the sensed parameters, an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment, the computer system is further configured to:
 determine that the environmental quality score is less than a threshold value.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the environmental phenomena includes at least one of the group consisting of sound, light, temperature, humidity, and air quality. 
     
     
         8 . A system comprising:
 a sensor-system configured to:
 sense a plurality of historic environmental phenomena while a particular user of a bed is sleeping in historic sleep sessions; 
 for each sensed historic environmental phenomena, send, to a computer system, a corresponding historic data message with a sensed historic parameter; 
   the computer system configured to:
 receive the historic data messages; and 
 determine, for the particular user and for the plurality of historic sleep sessions and for each type of the sensed historic parameters, a target parameter; 
   wherein, for a current sleep session, the sensor-system is further configured to:
 sense a plurality of environmental phenomena while a user of a bed is sleeping in a sleep session and; 
 send, to a computer system, at least one data message with a sensed parameter from the sensing of the environmental phenomena; 
   wherein, for a current sleep session, the computer system is further configured to:
 receive the data messages; 
 determine, from the sensed parameters, an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment; and 
 responsive to determining an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment, send, to a controller system, an instruction to adjust the environment; and 
   the controller system configured to:
 receive the instruction to adjust the environment; and 
 responsive to receiving the instruction to adjust the environment, adjusting the environment while the user is sleeping in the sleep session without particular input from the user at the time of the adjustment to the environment. 
   
     
     
         9 . A system comprising:
 a plurality of sensor-systems, each of the sensor-systems configured to:
 sense a plurality of historic environmental phenomena while an associated user of an associated bed is sleeping in a plurality of historic sleep sessions; 
 for each sensed historic environmental phenomena, send, to a computer system, a corresponding data message with a sensed historic parameter; 
   the computer system configured to:
 receive the historic data messages; and 
 determine, for many users and for the plurality of historic sleep sessions and for each type of the sensed parameters, a target parameter; 
   wherein, for a current sleep session, the sensor-system is further configured to:   wherein, for a current sleep session, the sensor-system is further configured to:
 sense a plurality of environmental phenomena while a user of a bed is sleeping in a sleep session and; 
 send, to a computer system, at least one data message with a sensed parameter from the sensing of the environmental phenomena; 
   wherein, for a current sleep session, the computer system is further configured to:
 receive the data messages; 
 determine, from the sensed parameters, an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment; and 
 responsive to determining an indication that the sensed parameters indicate a low-quality sleep environment, send, to a controller system, an instruction to adjust the environment; and 
   the controller system configured to:
 receive the instruction to adjust the environment; and 
 responsive to receiving the instruction to adjust the environment, adjusting the environment while the user is sleeping in the sleep session without particular input from the user at the time of the adjustment to the environment. 
   
     
     
         10 . A system comprising a controller configured to:
 determining that a current sensed parameter of a current environmental phenomena with a range of historic parameters of historic environmental phenomena, each of the historic parameters having associated a sleep-quality score; and   adjusting an environment of the current environmental phenomena responsive to determining that the sleep-quality score associated with a matched historic parameter is a low sleep-quality score.